Just back from a work stint in the
Monashee mountains wet of Revelstoke.
Over 140cm. of storm snow over the last
week with storm snow shears tightening over the last 24-48hrs. Limited obs in
the Alpine so not much to add there – lots of skiing at and below
treeline. Even though storm snow shears continue to improve the overall
characteristic of the snow over the Dec.26 crust (now down @170cm. in this
area) is also changing as the storm snow settlement will increase the slab
properties over this crust – the bond to the crust itself seems good for
the most part but there are many places where it has a significant weak layer
below the crust – in other words – hard to have any confidence in
bigger or steeper/covnvex features for sure at this time.
More snow on the way tomorrow!!!
Cheers,
Mountain Guide